So I rolled on table 2-2 for "Additional Belongings" and got a blessed lance. But what's my character's starting cash if I don't roll money on this table? 6L? I know that's what the manor generates annually, but what do I start with, before the first Winter Phase? Also, what exactly is the "inventory" of my starting manor? I have the Book of the Manor, but it's not clear to me what all my starting values are, besides 4 (5?) horses and my army. Looks like a I get hall and a village (or cluster of hamlets) with 500 peasants, a church, some arable land (how much?), a mill, a bakery, a herd of 20 horses, a pack of dogs and a lot of livestock. Anything else? Not saying that's not enough, mind—just want to make sure I'm not missing something. The rules say you may have more or less—are there tables for rolling such things?

Also how do I determine Hate from the Commoners that may be inherited from my pappy?

Thanks,


T.

Don't have Book of The Manor, but if it's similar to the core book, don't you get a list of starting equipment based on how rich you are or something?

If you don't roll up any cash during chargen then your PK doesn't have any starting money. That doesn't mean they are penniless, it means that their income matches their outgoings and all is right in the world. KAP is not a penny-counting sort of game, so you should assume that a fair fraction of the £6 that flows through a PK's annual budget does so in the form of coin and thus, if they need a penny or two to pay for a sumptuous meal at one of those new-fangled inns, then they can do so without needing to track it on the character sheet. They are knights goddammit and living at least a little bit large is a normal part of the knightly lifestyle.

If you need a rough metric for improvising amounts during a game then my rule of thumb is that a Librum of KAP money is roughly equivalent (in terms of relative social position rather than strict purchasing power) to about £20k of current money. That puts knights in the top 2% if the income distribution.

Regards
Luke

Thanks, Luke. That helps!


Best,


T.